Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-06-04

NJ. Ronvier declined to be the sne-
cessor Of Paul Bert in Tenquin hscanse
he could not get the hfe-iasnrsnee ccnn~
panies to issue him a policy ta % ehsrs.
NJ Grevy tried hard 10 persuade him II
20. 'Only think be said. ~yom VII
have $4,000 a year salary 5000 fsr
your funeral. and 81. 400 a year pension
Tor your widow But even that pre-
sentation Of the case did not prevail
There lives in Portland. 0la. n
Francois Radoux. who was horn in
Brittany in 1880. He was q soldisr e
Napoleon for years. was eaPhlrst n
the English and given his freedom 6sr
saving an English officer from drown
ing. He came 10 this country the year
after the battle of Watarlo0 He mar
ried for his second wife Susan Dngasxs
an aunt of Nathaniel Hawthorua h
is in good health and plays hoEA sAe
piano and violin.
At Apalachicola. Fia. is on e1ASas-
ton curiosity in the shape ef aspengsl
There are fifteen ProDgS Of hel11H
sponge reaching out lie the arms ef =
deviltish in every conceivable 6lrecEh1n
from the coned-shape naFlrsl stand Ct
coral upon which the main body et the
Sponge rests. and there are tine PARTICLES
Of coral in each arm or saeksf. kastng
many to suppose from its appearance
that if left alone thesa arms Wou1a
eventually have petritied and psrAzes
turned to coral
The Young Mems Christian AsseeiEa-
ton is considered a good business in
vestment in many Western te~nSS
The Atchison.. Topeka and Santa Fs
Railway contributes $1,000 n wear ~
the association at Topeka. besides con-
tributing literally to the association in
Kansas City. In San Francisco Wells,
Fargo & Co. make their employees n1snn-
bers of the association at an annual sx~
pense of $3.50.
The negro schools and colleges IN
Atlanta. says the Constellation "a thai
city. are much more costly and e,eGn-
Portable than the schools for the Whass
1t is true that much. perhaps the Enest.
of the money invested in these s1aicss
came from the North. but the fsea thai
Atlanta has been selected As the zEsa
and center of them speaks well tor tina
enterprise and local pride Of the lead
ing negroes Of Atlanta. Their e6nea-
tonal Institutions are not only very In
posing structures. but they are elay
equipped and comfortably en&oKess
and, to all outward appearances szs
doing good work.
The monument marking the boundary
between the United States and LewsE
California has long been carved and
hacked and ehiseled by people, wSEA-
in the last few months 10 has suffered.
and is fast being reduced By relic
hunters and people anxious to have
their names seen on a sbapeAsss ard
unsightiy mass Of stone
The greatest part Of the cultivated
area of China is devoted to the Fre>
duction of food There are M RseRz
or herds, and the areas deTote3 to eok-
ton and mulberry are very small eenR-
pared to the extent Of the emPfre. o.
the 250, 100000 Of population, three
tifths live on rice and the rest On SnnzA
millet and wheat.
A woman at Little Rock. Ark. Raz
made application for a pension On sAe
ground Of nervous debility She szyS
during the war a wounded federal sa4-
der was carried into her nasshsras
house. where his leg was amPusaas&
The sight threw her into eonvuAs6eassS
from which she has never recovered
She asks so month as a eenPsnsa-
ton.
There IS an aesthetic street car con
ductor Of Philadelphia who for tAe
past two years, has spent much q ksz
spare time in making his car hsansisl1-
Two handsome silk flags aAern the
center of the car, and the belREeFe IA
jauntily lined with knots Of hrSgas1y
cOlored wOrsted He takes great Prsae
in this work. The attendants al tia
stables say be scrubs aud airs his eaR
with all the care Of a housekeePer> A
Aponge is always to be seen en- t1s eaE.